Through the undergrowth peers startled human eyes <br />At figures tramping through the surf in disguise <br />The first of many landings that would amount to an invasion <br />A simple people that would be conquered and led by the nose <br />Finally to perish by the innocuous common cold and the dose <br />Fast forward where this land of wood and much water <br />Would change hands between it’s many European masters<br /><br />brian roy skyers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/strangers-on-the-shore/
